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" Gothic strain, and a natural tendency towards relapsing into barbarity, which delights in monosyllables and uniting of mute consonants, as it is observable in all the northern languages. And this is still more visible in the next refinement, which consists... "
The Tatler; corrected from the originals, with a preface, historical and ... - Page 93
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The Works ...: With the Author's Life and Character, Notes [etc ..., Volume 5

Jonathan Swift - 1761 - 392 pages
...towards relapfing into barbarity, which " delights in monofyllables, and uniting of mute confo*' nants; as it is observable in all the northern languages, " And this is (till more vilihle in the next refinement, " which confiileth in pronouncing the fir(t fy liable in...
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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's ..., Volume 5

Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 486 pages
...; altogether of the Gothick " strain, and of a natural tendency toward relapsing " JBto barbarity, which delights in monosyllables, " and uniting of...still " more visible in the next refinement, which con" sists in pronouncing the first syllable in a word " that has many, and dismissing the rest ; such...
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The British Essayists: The Tatler

Alexander Chalmers - 1803 - 638 pages
...Romans, altogether of the Got/tic strain, and a natural tendency towards relapsing into barbarity, which delights in monosyllables, and uniting of mute...has many, and dismissing the rest, such as Phizz, Hlpps, Moll, Poxx, Rep, and many more, when we are already overloaded with monosyllables, which are...
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The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 5

British essayists - 1803 - 306 pages
...and Romans, altogether of the Gothic strain, and a natural tendency towards relapsing into barbarity, which delights in monosyllables, and uniting of mute...•word that has many, and dismissing the rest, such as Phlzz, Hipps, Moll, Poxz, Rep, and many more, when we are already overloaded with monosyllables, which...
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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D. ...: With Notes ..., Volume 6

Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 554 pages
...Romans; altogether of the Gothick strain, and of a natural tendency towards relapsing into barbarity, which delights in monosyllables, and uniting of mute...rest; such as phizz, hipps, mobb, pozz, rep, and many many more; when we are already overloaded with monosyllables, which are the disgrace of our language....
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The British Essayists, Volume 5

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 446 pages
...and Romans, altogether of the Gothic strain, and a natural tendency towards relapsing into barbarity, which delights in monosyllables, and uniting of mute...word that has many, and dismissing the rest, such as Pkixz, Hipps, Mobb, Povx, Rep, and many more, when we are already overloaded with monosyllables, which...
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The British Essayists;: Tatler

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 314 pages
...and Romans, altogether of the Gothic strain, and a natural tendency towards relapsing into barbarity, which delights in monosyllables, and uniting of mute...word that has many, and dismissing the rest, such .is Phixz, Hipps, Moll, Pozx, Rep, and many more, when we are already overloaded with monosyllables,...
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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift...

Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 378 pages
...Romans ; altogether of the Gothic strain, and of a natural tendency toward relapsing into barbarity, which delights in monosyllables, and uniting of mute...word that has many, and dismissing the rest ; such as pJuss, hipps, mobb, pass, rep, and many more ; when we are already overloaded M'ith monosyllables,...
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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D. ...: With Notes ..., Volume 8

Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 350 pages
...Romans ; altogether of the Gothic strain, and of a natural tendency toward relapsing into barbarity, which delights in monosyllables, and uniting of mute consonants, as it is observable in all the Northerp languages. And this is still more visible in the next refinement, which consists in pronouncing...
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The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 3-4

British essayists - 1823 - 862 pages
...and Romans, altogether of the Gothic strain, and a natural tendency towards relapsing into barbarity, which delights in monosyllables and uniting of mute...many, and dismissing the rest, such as Phizz, Hipps, Mob, Pozz, Rep, and many more, when we are already overloaded with monosyllables, which are the disgrace...
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